Coronavirus

[Podaar]

Alex!

[bosk1]

[The Walrus]

He lives!!

[wolfking]

Is it everywhere in the world where people are stockpiling toilet paper and you can't buy it in the shops because suppliers can't keep up with demand or just over here?  WTF is wrong with people?!

[cramx3]

Is it everywhere in the world where people are stockpiling toilet paper and you can't buy it in the shops because suppliers can't keep up with demand or just over here?  WTF is wrong with people?!

Good thing I ordered some from Amazon last week (since I was out, not out of panic) but yea, this seems to be a thing here in the states from what I hear from others.

[vtgrad]

Is it everywhere in the world where people are stockpiling toilet paper and you can't buy it in the shops because suppliers can't keep up with demand or just over here?  WTF is wrong with people?!

Good thing I ordered some from Amazon last week (since I was out, not out of panic) but yea, this seems to be a thing here in the states from what I hear from others.

Gotta have a clean a$$ while you're in-line for your Dr. appointment...

[The Walrus]

Is it everywhere in the world where people are stockpiling toilet paper and you can't buy it in the shops because suppliers can't keep up with demand or just over here?  WTF is wrong with people?!

Good thing I ordered some from Amazon last week (since I was out, not out of panic) but yea, this seems to be a thing here in the states from what I hear from others.

Oh man so you're one of those people! We had a UPS driver for years who sadly just had his route changed but he bitched so hard about people who order toilet paper online  Just thought that was funny.

[Dublagent66]

Well, I guess that's what happens when something like this scares the shit outta people and then the stock market takes a gigantic fucking dump on all of us.

[Lonk]

Is it everywhere in the world where people are stockpiling toilet paper and you can't buy it in the shops because suppliers can't keep up with demand or just over here?  WTF is wrong with people?!

For me is Hand sanitizer. I had to buy for work and wipes and everything is on backorder until March 23. Luckily I usually keep enough supplies around so I’m not completely out yet.

[cramx3]

Is it everywhere in the world where people are stockpiling toilet paper and you can't buy it in the shops because suppliers can't keep up with demand or just over here?  WTF is wrong with people?!

Good thing I ordered some from Amazon last week (since I was out, not out of panic) but yea, this seems to be a thing here in the states from what I hear from others.

Oh man so you're one of those people! We had a UPS driver for years who sadly just had his route changed but he bitched so hard about people who order toilet paper online  Just thought that was funny.

  I've become one.  Amazon prime has lead to me not doing basic home need shopping at stores anymore.  I placed a prime pantry order last week that was so random, but all little things I needed around the house. 

[The Walrus]

Is it everywhere in the world where people are stockpiling toilet paper and you can't buy it in the shops because suppliers can't keep up with demand or just over here?  WTF is wrong with people?!

Good thing I ordered some from Amazon last week (since I was out, not out of panic) but yea, this seems to be a thing here in the states from what I hear from others.

Oh man so you're one of those people! We had a UPS driver for years who sadly just had his route changed but he bitched so hard about people who order toilet paper online  Just thought that was funny.

  I've become one.  Amazon prime has lead to me not doing basic home need shopping at stores anymore.  I placed a prime pantry order last week that was so random, but all little things I needed around the house.

This is just another notch in the 'different worlds' of city vs. rural life! Right now I'm sitting at my desk that's a 2 minute drive from my apartment, and a giant grocery store is a 30 second drive down the road. I can't imagine buying food on amazon! I can literally go pick up a couple groceries when I get off and be back at home in my pajamas by 5:15-20. That's wild.

[cramx3]

Oh I don't buy food off amazon, just household items.  That order was toilet paper, toothpaste, ziplock bags, lighters... random stuff that I will go through over time.  My grocery store is pretty close, but I'm lazy and try to only go once a week so last week was like Tuesday when I realized I needed some of this stuff and I wasn't planning on making a grocery run yet (and still haven't actually).

[bosk1]

I'd love to live in a more rural area.  But I don't know that it's in the cards.  We used to live in the S.F. Bay Area, which is basically a triangle of 3 cities (San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland), separated by a now-continuous VERY concentrated suburban sprawl.  We got away from that to move to Sacramento, which is a much smaller city, surrounded by less dense suburban sprawl, and some rural areas.  Then we moved a bit farther east (but within commute distance of Sac) to the base of the Sierra foothills, which is a mix of suburban and rural.  Our initial thought was to move into one of the close-by rural areas when the kids (or at least two of them) are out of the house.  But we'll see.  That won't be for a good 6-10 years.  By the time our daughter is out of the house, the boys may likely have families or be not too far from that.  And if the kids relocate, we might eventually do the same to be near them.  We'll see.

[The Walrus]

Do you like corn? Let me tell you about corn...

[bosk1]

  I saw what happened to that family in Logan.  I don't want to live by no corn.

[The Walrus]

  I saw what happened to that family in Logan.  I don't want to live by no corn.

Hey... it's not so bad. It's peaceful. Lots of land.. to look over and gaze at the flat horizon 

I live on the edge of my town but not on the *outer* edge so I don't see the corn. My back porch faces a nice little dog park though

[Chino]

Is it everywhere in the world where people are stockpiling toilet paper and you can't buy it in the shops because suppliers can't keep up with demand or just over here?  WTF is wrong with people?!

Good thing I ordered some from Amazon last week (since I was out, not out of panic) but yea, this seems to be a thing here in the states from what I hear from others.

Oh man so you're one of those people! We had a UPS driver for years who sadly just had his route changed but he bitched so hard about people who order toilet paper online  Just thought that was funny.

  I've become one.  Amazon prime has lead to me not doing basic home need shopping at stores anymore.  I placed a prime pantry order last week that was so random, but all little things I needed around the house.

This is just another notch in the 'different worlds' of city vs. rural life! Right now I'm sitting at my desk that's a 2 minute drive from my apartment, and a giant grocery store is a 30 second drive down the road. I can't imagine buying food on amazon! I can literally go pick up a couple groceries when I get off and be back at home in my pajamas by 5:15-20. That's wild.

Amazon and Costco get 95% of my business these days. Just the other day I ordered, deodorant, hair gel, toothpaste, hangers, oven cleaner, a new cutting board, pecan chunks, and garbage bags in a single Amazon order.

[The Walrus]

Amazon and Costco get 95% of my business these days. Just the other day I ordered, deodorant, hair gel, toothpaste, hangers, oven cleaner, a new cutting board, pecan chunks, and garbage bags in a single Amazon order.

*screams in local business*

Well, actually, I guess I can't think of a mom & pop store that... makes garbage bags. So you're good I guess 

[Chino]

Looks like 41 dead in Italy today.

[Anguyen92]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

[axeman90210]

You know it's desperate times when people are flocking to Korn merch


The company I work for (a major US bank) has canceled all currently scheduled international travel, and future international travel can only be booked with the approval of the CEO or someone on his executive team. There's also talk of staggering remote workdays so that only half the people are in the office on any given day.

[wolfking]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

I comend them for exploiting and making money off the stupid dumbass sheep we call the human race in this day and age.  Brilliant marketing.

[The Walrus]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

I comend them for exploiting and making money off the stupid dumbass sheep we call the human race in this day and age.  Brilliant marketing.

Yikes, wtf? "Stupid dumbass sheep" because people are buying masks to help minimize the spread of illness? Do you make fun of people who wash their hands too? There's some heavy misanthropy going on with you, man. 

[wolfking]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

I comend them for exploiting and making money off the stupid dumbass sheep we call the human race in this day and age.  Brilliant marketing.

Yikes, wtf? "Stupid dumbass sheep" because people are buying masks to help minimize the spread of illness? Do you make fun of people who wash their hands too?

I sure make fun of people who hoard cases of hand sanitizer in their house, yes.

[The Walrus]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

I comend them for exploiting and making money off the stupid dumbass sheep we call the human race in this day and age.  Brilliant marketing.

Yikes, wtf? "Stupid dumbass sheep" because people are buying masks to help minimize the spread of illness? Do you make fun of people who wash their hands too?

I sure make fun of people who hoard cases of hand sanitizer in their house, yes.

The article mentions nothing of the sort and that wasn't what you specified in the post I was responding to. Hoarders are another thing entirely.

EDIT: Hah, it says they're not even real masks! WTF! Okay, if they're not REAL masks, then they're dumb as hell for buying them, if they think they're real. Nevermind. This whole thing is stupid indeed. And I'm stupid for not noticing that before calling you out. Round of beers on me, Kade!

[wolfking]

That's what I'm saying, it's just merch and it's sold out.  Fucking genius on their part.

[TAC]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

I comend them for exploiting and making money off the stupid dumbass sheep we call the human race in this day and age.  Brilliant marketing.

Gene Simmons is pissed he didn't think of it first.

[wolfking]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

I comend them for exploiting and making money off the stupid dumbass sheep we call the human race in this day and age.  Brilliant marketing.

Gene Simmons is pissed he didn't think of it first.

Makes him look like a bit of a rookie to be honest.

[Anguyen92]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

I comend them for exploiting and making money off the stupid dumbass sheep we call the human race in this day and age.  Brilliant marketing.

Gene Simmons is pissed he didn't think of it first.

It's never too late at this point.  I can see KISS do the masks and sell them.  Heck, why stop at putting the KISS logo on the mask.  Might as well put the images of their facepaint on the masks.

[cramx3]

Jebus, all of this panic has gotten Korn to sell masks as merch and it's already sold out.

https://loudwire.com/korn-surgical-masks-coronavirus-sold-out/

I comend them for exploiting and making money off the stupid dumbass sheep we call the human race in this day and age.  Brilliant marketing.

Gene Simmons is pissed he didn't think of it first.

 

and let's be real, the typical masks aren't going to work regardless (unless you have the disease and don't want to spread it, then yes, wear the mask).  However, I did read this https://www.yahoo.com/news/rich-preparing-coronavirus-differently-130449059.html

“En route to Paris,” Gwyneth Paltrow wrote on Instagram last week, beneath a shot of herself on an airplane heading to Paris Fashion Week and wearing a black face mask. “I’ve already been in this movie,” she added, referring to her role in the 2011 disease thriller “Contagion.” “Stay safe.”

Paltrow did not pose with just any mask, unlike, say, Kate Hudson and Bella Hadid, who also recently posted selfies wearing cheaper, disposable masks. The Goop founder and influencer of influencers instead opted for a sleek “urban air mask” by a Swedish company, Airinum, which features five layers of filtration and an “ultrasmooth and skin-friendly finish.”

Never mind that the surgeon general, Jerome Adams, begged people to refrain from indulging in mask mania on Twitter last weekend. Priced from $69 to $99, the Airinum mask, which has been popping up on Instagram stylistas, is sold out on its website until April. (The New York Museum of Modern Art’s Design Store, which carried the mask, is also sold out.)

   so yea to go back to the sheep...

[Adami]

I dunno about you guys, but I’m not leaving the house without a full on NASA space suit.

[max_security]

I'm not sure that I'm afraid of this one. I do not get sick very often but about 10 years ago I caught a bug that had me praying for death. I'm not hearing that about this thing. No events were cancelled when I was puking my freaking guts out and sweating through my clothes in a 60 degree room. This sounds no worse than a common cold .

[Phoenix87x]

Its hit my state now, so we'll see how things go from here.

[TAC]

https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/03/07/nation/11-norwood-officials-self-quarantine-after-contact-with-resident-who-tested-positive-coronavirus/

I work at the major grocery store chain in this town.

[MrBoom_shack-a-lack]

I dunno about you guys, but I’m not leaving the house without a full on NASA space suit.

Here I was thinking a Hazmat suit was enough, I might reconsider now.